Wagon



-11. KRUSE.

' I WAGON Patented Nov. '11, 1856.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY KRUSE, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

WAGON.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 16,060, dated November 11, 1856.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY Know, of the city of New Orleans, parish ofOrleans, State of Louisiana, have made a new and useful Improvement inWVagons; and I hereby declare the following is a full and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification, the same letters in each view used to designate the sameparts.

The object of this invention is to combme the advantage of transportingsubstances on land; also in the crossing of streams, which the water istoo deep for fording, the wheels having a buoyant power sufficient tosupport the load, when made use of in the crossing of streams, and whenmade use of on land to be hauled by teams similar to a common wagon, thearrangement for the teams to be attached to the wagon, the same as thatmade use of in common wagonsviz., wagon-tongue, &c., attached to thefore axle, which is not shown in the drawlng, being no part of thenovelty and so well understood it is deemed unnecessary to do so.

The scale on the drawings, owing to the many variations of sizes and theappllcations of the wagon, cannot be as essential as many other subjectsrequire, in this case, however, may advise in the constructlon of awagon made of similar dimens1ons, the wheels (6) as shown in Flgures 1,2, 3, a.

Their sides are metallic disks, made to be water tight; their edgessecurely fastened to the fellies (h), shown in Fig. 6, and the centersof their disks made fast to hub as shown in Fig. 5. The metal tomakethose disks -namely, iron or other common metal-must necessarily belight, in order to secure as much buoyancy as possible, the interiorwheel, as shown by Fig. 5, supporting the weight the wheel has tosupport, the spokes placed in an angular position, as seen by Fig. 6, tobrace or support the felhes in their true position, so that the metallicdisks will not be injured, or rendered inefficient in the uses they areintended to fill.

On the sides of the wheels (6) there are propelling blades, the edges ofthese propellers shown on the sectional side elevation, Fig. 2, and onthe wheel I), Fig. 1, these pro pelling blades shown in their respectlvepositions, when used in the water or when the wagon is made availablefor the crosslng of streams, said propelling blades marked (w), and areonly used when the wheels are made propellers, in their constructionmade to be fastened to the sides of the disks with screws or dove tailseats, that will admit of a ready and secure attachment to the disks.

The axles (a) have couplings marked (a asseen 1n Fig.'1. The object ofthe coupllngs is to have the wheels (6) revolve with the axles when theaxles (a) are actuatedby the cranks .9 made use of in the turnlng wheels(n n a), one of these wheels fastened on the hind axle, as seen by Figs.1 and 2, also the rear elevation Fig. 4, the other wheels mounted onstands (8, s) and (1', 1"). When the wagon is required to be used on theland, the couplings are to be detached from the wheels (5), to allow thewheels to revolve on the axles, the propelling force being applied tothe hind axle as described, this power being communicated to the foreaxle by the use of a chain passing around the sheave (t) on the hindaxle and the sheave (m) on the fore axle, as seen by Fig. 1, the sheave(m), as seen by Fig. 3, attached to a bevel wheel, working into anotherbevel wheel fastened to the fore axle, there being a bolt passingthrough the bevel wheel (m), marked (0). This bolt made, clamps theaxle, and held in its position on the axle by the cap and screws, asseen by Figs. 2 and 3, the bed of the wagon, holding the upper end ofthis bolt in a vertical position, the fioor of the wagon body marked(a), as seen by Figs. 2, 3 and 4, the spring (2'), as seen by Figs. 1, 2and 3, mounted on the bearers, as seen by Fig. 3, marked (4)), and thusattached to the axle, the spring supporting the wagon bed, and admitsthe forward axle to vibrate, as common wagons, in the changing ofdirection required. On the top of the bolt (0) a crank lever can beshipped when required to give the means of directing the course, by theaction on the lever, when in the wagon bed, in the case of steering orguiding the wagon when used in water.

The wagon bed on the after axle is mounted on stands (6) as seen byFigs. 2 and 4:, said stands attached to the axle to admit the axle torevolve in the same, there being stay rods to attach the axles, as seenin Fig. 1, said stay rods being attached at one end to the stands (6),and the other end to the lower side of bolt (0), so as to admit of theforward axle vibrating independent of the stays which support the afteraxle in its correct position.

After this my description in general terms of the whole, I willdesignate the respective figures.

Fig. 1, top view, showing the wagon, with the mechanical combination; inthis View the body of the wagon is not shown, as it would render thearrangement of whole obscure, having wheels (it), one wheel h showingthe appearance of the wheels when the propellers are on, axles (a), gearwheels (02, n, n), stands for same (8), cranks 8, bed bearers, springand stands (e),with chain around sheaves (t) and (m), stay rodsconnecting axles; Fig. 2, section side elevation showing the floor ofthe wagon bed (0), wheels (71,,7t) to drive the wagon, as describedhereto-fore; Fig. 3, front elevation showing the axle (a) on which aremounted the bevel wheels (m) and (u), edge of spring end of wagon bed(0), center bolt 0), bearers for spring marked ("0) Fig. 4, rearelevation showing the mode of mounting the wheels (n, n, n) andthe floorof the wagon bed on the stands, as described; Fig. 5, the interior wheelmade to support the load the wa on is to sustain, the fellies (h), thehub at), with spokes attached to the hub and the telly; Fig. 6,sectional transverse view of the wheels (6), shows the mode of formingthe hub and the angular position of the spokes to support the fellies(h) from injuring the metallic disks in any yielding from their correctposition. The metallic disks attach to the sides of the fellies and theends of the hubof the wheel, as described, showing the clutch for thecoupling (a to catch the ends of the hub After this my description ofimprovementin wagons, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The application to wagons, of wheels made buoyant, by the use of disks,that will cause the wagon to be supported in water from such buoyancy;with the application of propelling blades on said wheels, to cause thewheels to be available in propelling the wagon in water, and the samewheels by removing the propelling blades can change the wheels so thatthey are available in their uses in the transporting of substances onland, similar to common wheels of wagons.

HENRY KRUSE. [Ls] Sealed and signed in the presence of- R. H. BRADFORD,FRANoIs ARMSTRONG.

